On behalf of CIE-Hungary, the Hungarian National Committee of
CIE, it is my pleasure to invite you to the conference "Light and
Lighting 2009" to be held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary from
27 to 29 May 2009.
The Conference is organised by CIE-Hungary with the sponsorship
of the Lighting Society of Hungary and the University of Pannonia,
and will be held under the auspices of the International Commission
on Illumination, the CIE.
The Conference will deal with all aspects of light and lighting,
with special emphasis on LEDs and Solid State Lighting, covering
aspects of vision and health as well as the measurement of these
modern devices and their application. The language of the conference
will be English.
The venue of the Conference is the “Freshmen’s Castle” of the
Lorand Eötvös University, Budapest. The building was erected in 1897
imitating a Hungarian castle and was the main lecture hall for the
freshmen of the university. It has been recently refurbished and
still serves as one of the lecture halls of the university. The
university itself got its name from the Hungarian physicist baron
Loránd Eötvös, the inventor of the Eötvös pendulum, by the help of
which Eötvös was able to determine the equivalence of gravitation
and inertial mass.
Beside of the main lecture hall, the Freshmen’s Castle, in the
Trefort Garden of the university, will accommodate space for the
Posters, and a small Exhibition. Around the building there will be
plenty of space for social events.
The Conference will consist of Invited Papers, Short
Contributions, Posters and Round-Table Discussions. There should be
ample time to discuss the newest achievements obtained in light and
lighting, their consequences in photometry and colorimetry, their
health aspects, and applications both indoor and outdoor.
As 2009 is the ‘Year of Astronomy’, one of the Invited Papers
will deal with the inter-relationship between astronomy and lighting.
A wide selection of social events will provide interest and
relaxation for participants: The Get Together Party on the evening
before the Conference, an Organ Concert, a bus trip showing
illuminated Budapest, and the banquet on a boat on the Danube,
showing floodlit Budapest from the river, are included in the very
modest Registration Fee.
During the days before the Conference, the CIE administrative
meetings will take place in Budapest and after the Conference
several CIE Divisions and Technical Committees will hold their
meetings at the university.
Looking forward to seeing you in Budapest,
Kind regards,
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